Word Definition

Augur

  1. An official diviner who foretold events by the singing, chattering, flight, and feeding of birds, or by signs or omens derived from celestial phenomena, certain appearances of quadrupeds, or unusual occurrences.
  2. To anticipate, to foretell, or to indicate a favorable or an unfavorable issue; as, to augur well or ill.
  3. One who foretells events by omens; a soothsayer; a diviner; a prophet.
  4. To predict or foretell, as from signs or omens; to betoken; to presage; to infer.
  5. To conjecture from signs or omens; to prognosticate; to foreshow.